Word: esteemed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last Saturday God sent word that he still held the Crusaders in high esteem. Holy Cross was down, 26-24, with two seconds left. All Princeton had to do was stop the Cross on the kickoff...
...Bush to think that shelters would in any way alleviate the situation borders on callousness. No Family or individual trying to live in a temporary shelter each night, without any guarantee that there will always be room for them, will be able to feel any of the self-esteem or just plain security that allow people to live normal lives. When you have to worry each and every day about where your children will sleep that night, or where food will come from, you can't focus attention on getting a steady job or getting your children to school...
...hike in international esteem is as fragile as peace itself, but the Soviets in particular seem intent on giving the organization even more importance in the future. Gorbachev last year publicly stressed Soviet intentions to use the U.N. for more active diplomacy. Richard Gardner, a former U.S. State Department official and now a professor of international law at Columbia University, returned last week from a Moscow visit where officials outlined Gorbachev's ideas in detail. Among them: setting up a hotline between the Secretary-General and the capitals of the five permanent Security Council members for speedy consultations; a commitment...
...many ghetto kids, gaining self-esteem as a basketball player has been one way to escape the snare of drugs. But New York City police say that may no longer be a local option. The reason: drug lords are recruiting promising neighborhood players, offering them such inducements as cash and $80 sneakers to play in sandlot tournaments on which the dealers place big bets...
Children have lost status in the world. Teachers have endured a long decline in public esteem. Day-care workers rarely earn a living wage. The role of mother is being rewritten, and that of father as well. A generation of children is being raised in the midst of a redefinition of parenting. Childhood has become a kind of experiment...